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Spectroscopic properties of Sm3+-doped phosphate glasses

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We report on the absorption, static, and transient luminescence spectra of Sm3+-doped glasses. The dependences between absorption and emission cross sections as well as between luminescence quantum efficiencies and Sm3+ doping concentration are examined. The large stimulated absorption cross section and emission cross section combined with the long fluorescent lifetime make phosphate glasses doped with Sm3+ promising material for visible fiber lasers. Moreover, ΔT(Tx − Tg) of these glasses is about 290 °C, which guarantees their thermal stability against crystallization during the fiber drawing process.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51072054, 51072060, 51102096, 51132004), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2011CB808103), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 2011ZZ0001, 2011ZB0001, and 2011ZP0002), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant Nos. 1045106410104887, S2011030001349), and the China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation (Grant No. 201104350)

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    Liaolin Zhang, Mingying Peng, Guoping Dong & Jianrong Qiu

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Zhang, L., Peng, M., Dong, G. et al. Spectroscopic properties of Sm3+-doped phosphate glasses. Journal of Materials Research 27, 2111–2115 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2012.119

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